[After EXODUS, gesso-duro (1998), relief by
Bozena Happach]
He said Lo and behold, I give you Promised Land!
As we listened, enchanted we bent low, elated.
And hence we continue to stoop, ever hoping
to give thanks to Elohim, for this glorious right––
each and every morning, each and every night….
And for two-score years, we circled blowing sands;
our feet bleeding, lost in endless desert,
holding on, stubborn, to promise that was given.
Praying, giving thanks, straining our sight––
each and every morning, each and every night…
And we went on, wandering, from station to station,
hungry and thirsty, in search of Promised Land…
Never suspecting in our relentless plight,
that it can only be found in depth of our heart––
each and every morning, each and every night.
Early Works is an exhaustive compilation of the first decade of the poems and stories of Z.B.McClure. Included are family photos, rare personal photos, photos of 1st draft manuscripts of many of his early poems. Also some biography and memoir materia
Still Living on my Feet is the follow up to Tichaona Chinyelu’s first book, In the Whirlwind, which was rooted in a sense of hard-hitting revolutionary black love. However, in this sophomore effort, Tichaona brings the revolutionary essence from deep
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BRAVO!
JMD
A freedom's vision of a wise soul that understood the geometric of a chessboard within the checkerboard of humankind.
I salute You, Poet.
In admiration,
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
"...Never suspecting in our relentless plight,
that it can only be found in depth of our heart"
Excellent!
Love and Peace~
Kimmy~